'Dons Host Home Opener on Labor Day

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The 2012 IPFW Mastodons look to snap out of its two-game losing skid in their home opener at the Hefner Soccer Fields on Labor Day, Monday, September 3.

Opponent: Marshall Thundering Herd (1-0-1, 0-0-0 Conference USA)
When: Monday, September 3 | 12 p.m.
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Hefner Soccer Field
Live Stats: IPFW Live Stats

ABOUT IPFW

IPFW, at 0-2 on the season, is still looking for its first goal of the year, after being shut out by both Detroit and Western Michigan, both on the road.

In the loss to Western Michigan, the 'Dons took seven shots by seven different players - Myles Stanley, Scott Williams, Kyle Ackerman, Brent Helton, Jackson Tooke, and Corey Tom. Only Tooke's and Williams' were on-goal.

Sophomore goalkeeper Brandon Cloutier had five saves in the game, while giving up the trio of goals.

The Broncos peppered the Mastodon goal with 21 shot attempts, as each team had four corner kicks in the game.

For the season the Mastodons have 14 shot attempts (four on goal), while opponents have 29 shots, 13 of those on goal. Tooke leads the team with three shots, while Nate Shipman, Williams, and Ackerman each have a pair.

ABOUT MARSHALL

The Thundering Herd come into today's noon kickoff with a 1-0-1 record, having not given up a goal on the year, winning 2-0 over Wright State and tying Bowling Green 0-0.

Leading the team's offense has been Tom Jackson, who has both of the team's goals, a season after leading the team with 10 goals and two assists during his junior campaign.

Andrew Ferguson has the team's lone assist, while Anthony Virgara has five shots on the year, second behind Jackson's 13 (four of those on goal).

Senior goalkeeper Daniel Withrow has been perfect in goal this season for the Herd, stopping all nine shots on goal he has seen, picking up a pair of shutouts - half as many as he had on the entire 2011 season in which he sported a 1.26 goals against average with 79 saves.

ALL-TIME SERIES

This is the first regular season meeting between IPFW and Marshall in each teams men's soccer history.

QUICK HITTERS

• After the Labor Day game, the Mastodons don't return back to the Hefner Soccer Complex for another game until September 18 when the squad hosts the Xavier Musketeers in a stretch of three home games in a four-game span, and eight of the final 13 games of the season.

• IPFW's last opponent, Western Michigan, was receiving points in the NSCAA National Poll.

• The Mastodons next travel to Pittsburgh, Pa., to compete in the PITT/Nike Invitational, facing Pittsburgh and Duquesne.

• Marshall is the first of two Conference USA opponents that IPFW hosts this season, including Kentucky. The Wildcats, who play the majorty of its sports in the SEC, play in C-USA because the SEC does not sponsor men's soccer, as does South Carolina.

~ Feel the Rumble ~

Purdue University Fort Wayne Athletics

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